Dictionary

strong-minded en · ADJ

Meanings

1. Having a vigorous, independent will and views.
   • Recognising that we are strong-minded is not the same as accepting ourselves to be stubborn or obstinate. 2009, Emmy van Deurzen, Everyday Mysteries: A Handbook of Existential Psychotherapy, →ISBN:
2. (archaic, of women) Mannish, lacking softness and femininity
   • Then there was the widow of a deceased brother of Mr Martin Chuzzlewit, who being almost supernaturally disagreeable, and having a dreary face and a bony figure and a masculine voice, was, in right of these qualities, what is commonly called a strong-minded woman; and who, if she could, would have established her claim to the title, and have shown herself, mentally speaking, a perfect Samson, by shutting up her brother-in-law in a private madhouse, until he proved his complete sanity by loving her very much. 1843, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit:

Forms

Deriveds

strong-mindedness · strong-mindedly

Translations (5)

mi hinengaro pūkeke (having a vigorous, independent will) · bg решителен (having a vigorous, independent will) · bg енергичен (having a vigorous, independent will) · mi hinengaro pakari (having a vigorous, independent will) · de willensstark (having a vigorous, independent will)